Early Day List To Watch: Garrison Capital (NASDAQ:GARS), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE:SNI), MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD), Independence Contract Drilling (NYSE:ICD)

Garrison Capital Inc. (NASDAQ:GARS) shares fell -1.17% in last trading session and ended the day at $14.39. GARS Gross Margin is 62.30% and its has a return on assets of 3.60%. Garrison Capital Inc. (NASDAQ:GARS) quarterly performance is -1.39%.

Garrison Capital Inc. is a business development company specializing in investments primarily in the debt and equity of middle market companies. Its investment strategy is focused on investing in first lien, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine loans of, and, to a lesser extent, warrants and minority equity securities in United States middle-market companies.

Garrison Capital Inc. (NASDAQ:GARS) announced a cash dividend payment of $0.35 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 25, 2015. Shareholders who purchased GARS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 10th quarter that GARS has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $14.62, the dividend yield is 9.58%.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) shares fell -1.37% in last trading session and ended the day at $25.94. CSCO Gross Margin is 60.40% and its has a return on assets of 8.40%. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) quarterly performance is -8.79%.

Cisco System, Inc. (Cisco) designs, manufactures, and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking products and services related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry. The Company also provides services associated with these products and their use and also provides products and services for transporting data, voice, and video traffic across intranets, extranets, and the Internet.

On 27 August, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) announced it has completed the acquisition of OpenDNS, a privately held company that provides advanced threat protection for any device, anywhere, anytime. The acquisition will advance Cisco’s Security Everywhere approach by adding broad visibility, enforcement, and threat intelligence from the OpenDNS cloud-delivered platform. In addition to the close of the acquisition, Cisco is announcing the first technology integration of Cisco AMP Threat Grid with OpenDNS services.

On 09 September, Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (NYSE:SNI) shares fell -0.50% and was closed at $53.59. SNI EPS growth in last 5 year was 18.20%. Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (NYSE:SNI) year to date (YTD) performance is -28.02%.

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (SNI) is a developer of lifestyle-oriented content for linear and interactive video platforms, including television and the Internet brands. The Company manages its operations through its Lifestyle Media segment. Lifestyle Media includes its six national television networks, HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY Network, Cooking Channel and Great American Country.

On 3 September, Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (NYSE:SNI) said that, it has concluded its tender offer for all outstanding shares of TVN, Poland’s premier multi-platform media company. Scripps Networks Interactive now owns 98.8 percent of TVN, and the company will execute a squeeze out process to acquire all remaining outstanding TVN shares.

MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD) shares fell -10.07% in last trading session and ended the day at $3.66. MNKD has a return on assets of -35.50%. MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD) quarterly performance is -40.10%.

MannKind Corporation (MannKind) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of therapeutic products for diseases, such as diabetes. The Company’s product candidate is AFREZZA, inhaled insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with type one and type two diabetes and also to improve glycemic control. AFREZZA consists of a dry formulation of human insulin delivered from a small and portable inhaler. AFREZZA utilizes its Technosphere formulation technology.

On 4 September, MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD) announced the renewal of its shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing the previous shelf which expired on August 31, 2015. Concurrently, MannKind also renewed its At-The-Market Issuance Sales Agreements with Meyers Associates, L.P. and with MLV & Co. LLC providing for sales, from time to time, of the Company’s common stock.

Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:ICD) caters to the Basic Materials space. It has a net profit margin of -29.60% and weekly performance is 3.35%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up $6.79. Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:ICD) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -4.20%.

Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. provides land-based contract drilling services for oil and natural gas producers in the United States. It constructs, owns, and operates a fleet of ShaleDriller rigs to optimize the development of oil and gas properties in the Permian Basin. The company’s standardized fleet consists of 14 ShaleDriller rigs, including 3 rigs under construction. Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:ICD) was downgraded by analysts at Tudor Pickering from a “buy” rating to an “accumulate” rating in a research note issued on Wednesday, Market Beat.com reports.